"The Greatest Rapper of all time died on March 9th"

[Redwood]

Its interesting thinking about what LAD would have sounded like if certain things had happened - like Mo Bee getting more beats on there, maybe getting Dilla on there with The Ugliest, original version of Last Day beat, possibly collabs with E-40, Q-Tip, Fat Joe etc.

Cappadonna doing the hook on Long Kiss



The original RZA production sounds like it would have been better before Puff & Stevie J put their touches on it. Album is classic either way but some decisions were more to build a pop album (tbf that aspect works well) than cater to Hip Hop fans. I'm also sure that the original Havoc beat from 96 would have been amazing if they hadn't lost the tapes.

I wanted to know how the Black Album (BIG's version) would've sounded. it was supposed to be a 3 disc

 

[Redwood]

RiP Biggie Smalls. The older I get the more I blame 2pac. His actions took a man away from his family smh. Black American tragedy

I blame Vibe.

 

[Plankton]

I blame Vibe.

Pac was shytting on BIG and Faith on MTV and Source magazine way before that Vibe issue. It all circles back to Pacs actions.

 

[Redwood]

Pac was shytting on BIG and Faith on MTV and Source magazine way before that Vibe issue. It all circles back to Pacs actions.

Vibe fanned the flames for an coastal war. Not excusing his actions but Pac wanted to keep it between him, BIG, and his team.

 

[Plankton]

Vibe fanned the flames for an coastal war. Not excusing his actions but Pac wanted to keep it between him, BIG, and his team.

Dude you quoted said, 2pacs actions took a man away from his family. You yourself just confirmed Pac wanted to keep the beef between him and BIG. Vibe, Source, MTV, Death Row Records. All of those outlets were used by Pac which created the domino affect that ended up getting BIG killed, it wasn't just Vibe magazine. That was my senior year in high school, I saw it all unfold in real time. Vibe didn't put the battery in no ones back, Pac did that all himself using numerous outlets.

 

[DillaTUDE]

Vibe fanned the flames for an coastal war. Not excusing his actions but Pac wanted to keep it between him, BIG, and his team.

There was no reason for him to keep anything between him and BIG, the man had absolutely nothing to do with what happened at Quad Studios. By implicating Big, he set off a chain of events that ultimately led to Big being murdered.